That's what happens when you wake up at 5am to call voters ... Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

If your phone rings in the early hours of the morning, fret not: it could be Gordon Brown himself, giving you a friendly call to chat about your personal grievances.

According to sources close to Downing Street, as many as two-dozen people a week receive a personal call from the prime minister, after sending letters in to his office. An anecdote later denied by No 10 shows the depth of Brown's commitment to his voters: he is said to have called a family at 6am in the morning and luckily, happened to catch a shift worker at the end of the line.

Many think that this is a strategic campaign to help Brown shore up his crumbling popularity, but officials said he had been calling members of the public since he was chancellor. What do you think the PM's opening gambit would be - and how might the conversation proceed?